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I tried to migrate to using a Windows 7 based HTPC for playing blu rays a while back (maybe a couple of years ago). It was horrible, even using commercial software. Simple things like pausing, resuming, fast-forward and rewind seemed to be buggy as hell. I'm not sure how much it might have improved, but it's a format that does not seem to play well with PCs. I'm not sure it's realistic to expect Linux to be able to play it flawlessly.

And while I understand the previous poster in their dislike of the format, not all of us are Stallman-level FOSS zealots. I, for one, would be interested in blu ray playback on Linux, I just don't have very high expectations. So I'll probably stick to my standalone player.

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I tried to migrate to using a Windows 7 based HTPC for playing blu rays a while back (maybe a couple of years ago). It was horrible, even using commercial software. Simple things like pausing, resuming, fast-forward and rewind seemed to be buggy as hell. I'm not sure how much it might have improved, but it's a format that does not seem to play well with PCs. I'm not sure it's realistic to expect Linux to be able to play it flawlessly.

And while I understand the previous poster in their dislike of the format, not all of us are Stallman-level FOSS zealots. I, for one, would be interested in blu ray playback on Linux, I just don't have very high expectations. So I'll probably stick to my standalone player.

since some years blu-ray works using xbmc and makemkv. It loads the bluray slower because it kind of streams it to the system, but it improved a lot. Since some months it is even much easier to install and to use because it does not need a xbmc-addon anymore. After installation you just pull it in and press on the "play disc" button in xbmc. And it does not even cost a cent.